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scelfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
scelfan, p. scealf, pl. sculfon
To shake, quiver, totter
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  • On ðyssum stapelum sceall ǽlc cynestól standan mid rihte on cristenre þeóde, and áwácie heora ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfþ ... áwácie se cristendóm, sóna scylfþ se cynedóm,

      L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 1-7: Wulfst. 267, 18.
  • Ne hrisil scelfaeð,

      Txts. 151, 7.
Etymology
[Icel. skjálfa; p. skalf to shiver, shake, quiver.]
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